Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-02

Second Branch.
TILE SPECIAL SESSION OPENED.

Two or three Vi tntuu cdhle III IaVSi' SNi
Bowers put in the first halt hour in read
ing up the minutes, and then the members
devoted a little while to doing nothing,
there not being a press of business. In a
few minutes one of the market ordinances,
relating to the sale of meat, sent back from
the First Branch for concurrence In an
amendment making it take effect August
1st, was taken up and the amendment con-
Cured in.
A BIG BILL FROM THE LATE B. P. w.
A communication, dated July 1st, from
the Board of Public Works, asked the pay
ment of the following to X. Campbell q
Co.:
Ten Cent Ley fund
For paving Nineteenth street, from Eoff
to Jacob ~
General fund
For paving alley is, from alley B to Mar
ket street. ........"....... ....'.'''"".'''' 4U w
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The accompanying resolution, ordering
the payment of the above, was adopted.
A DAMAGE AS
The Clerk read a communication from
Col. Robert White, attorney for children
of James Carney, giving notice that dam
ages'in the sum of $500, done to W lots
on Wood street, in paving that street in
1888, was claimed, and that proceedings
would be instituted unless a prompt set
Element was made. The matter was referred
to the Committee on Claims.
A JOINT IMPROVEMENT
A motion by Mr.. Harrell, instructing the
Committee on Real Estate to have the yard
of the City Hall paved, in conjunction
with the County authorities, was adopted.
The Branch then went into joint session
and on reassembling adjourned.
Joint Session
FOR LECTION OF A NEW B. /. W.
At $50 o'clock a message from the First
Branch announced the readiness OF that
body to 90 into joint session for the cleo
ton of a new Board of Public Works.
The Senators were cordially invited in,
and in q few moments they appeared,
headed by His Honor, the Mayor. Roll
call showed IA members of the First
Branch and % Of the Second present. His
Honor announced the object Of the joint
session, saying the offices to be filled were
among the most important in the city.
This being the case, he said he hoped none
but good men would be placed i'll nomina-
ton. There had been trouble and delay
enough. He declared nominations to be in
| order,
Mr.. Haller nominated N. B. Scott
Mr.. Delbrugge named William Myles.
Mr.. Healy named Carl Hamilton.
Mr.. Harre'l nominated James Healy.
Mr.. Tracy named d. c. List, Jr.
Mr.. Maxwell nominated NJ. l.. EtZler.
Mr.. Caldwell suggested Henry SChmul-
bach.
Mr.. Jaeger named DR.. J. II. Pipes.
Mr.. Hartong named Rudolph Butts.
Mr.. Tracy named William Mclaughlin.
kIr. Caldwell again took the floor, and
ate. saying it required some nerve in the
present Council to nominate a Democrat,
he named A. j. Sweeney.
Mr.. Cundling named John Haberield.
Mr.. Kellter named T. o. Edwards.
Mr.. Schultze nominated A. C.. Harrell.
Before the vote was taken Mr.. Myles
took the floor, and in a speech of some
length thanked his friends for their desire
Z see him on the Board, and withdrew his
name. This action, however, he later re-
considered.
FIRST BALLOT.
The Joint session then proceeded to a
ballot, one TO be elected at a time, with the
following result: Whole number of votes,
80; necessary to a choice, 20; Scott, %;
Myles, Z; Healy, l; List, |; Etzler, /;
Pipes, 2; and Edwards l. Mr.. Scott was
accordingly declared elected.
SECOND BALLOT.
Whole number of votes, 80; necessary to
a choice, 20, Myles, 35; Pipes, 2; Haber-
field. l; List, l; Mr.. Myles was declared
elected.
THIRD BALLOT.
Whole number of votes 80; necessary to
a choice, 20; Hamilton. II; List, 3;
Schmulbsch, Is; Pipes, l. There was no
election and a fourth ballot was ordered.
FOURTH BALLOT.
1t resulted: Whole number o fvotes, 80;
necessary to a choice, 20 Hamilton, 10;
DthlluibdShs 10, LAot, l. ~ y
FIFTH BALLOT.
Whole number of votes, 80, necessary to
q choice, 20; Hamilton, Is; Schmulbsch, 81;
List, 2. Mr.. Schmulbach was declared
elected.
WEIGHERS ELECTED.
Mr.. Faris called attention to the fact
that at the former Joint assembly weighers
had not been elected for the scales at Hobbs,
Brockuiner & Co.'S and at Forty-secOnd
and McCollcch street. W. E. Briceland
was nominated and elected to the first
named Office, and P. Daugherty to the last
named.
The joint assembly then adjourned.
First branch
CALLED ~ ORDER AT 8 P. VI.
The First Brs ch was called to order
promptly at z o'clock last evening, His
Honor the MAJOR in the chair. Twelve
members answered to their names at roll.
call, the abseptees being Messrs. Handlan, |
Happy, kenney and McGregor. The
Branch first addressed itself to a consider
alton OF the routine business passed by
and sent over IRON the Second Branch at
Tuesday evenings regular session. The re
port by the Committee On Health, the reso-
luton making niue hours q days work for
city employees, the recommendation Of
the Police aId Fire Board a regard to the
$50 received from the town authorities OF
Bridgeport, and one or two ordinances in
relation to Markets, all OF which have
been heretofore noted in these columns,
were rapidly rushed through.
THE RESERVATIONS.
The resignation Of the members OF the
Board of Public Work was then read, and